John Richie

Our Richie (also spelled Ritchie) ancestors were dependents of (and considered part of) the Mackintosh Clan (whose Gaelic name was Mac an Toisich, meaning "son of the chief"). (Click either of the illustrations for an enlargement.)

The Mackintosh Clan occupied the region just to the south of Inverness and into the Strathdearn (Monadhliath Mountains), along the River Findhorn in the Highland County of Inverness (in the old county of Nairn).

The warlike Mackintosh were part of the Covenanters north of the Spey and fought Cromwell's Roundhead forces in 1650. The clan supported the royalists in the 1689 Glorious Revolution, but it was part of the 1715 and 1745 Highlander uprisings.

John Richie, according to his granddaughter Catherine ("Kate") Findley, had been forced into military service and finally imprisoned for 10 years in France. Perhaps this means he was impressed into the British military in the fight against Napoleon and then captured by the French?

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*Birth of John Richie*
Born:	No information on birthdate
Birthplace:	Scotland
*Parents*
Father:	No information on John's father (our ancestor)
Mother:	UNNAMED Sherett (our ancestor) (The connection between John's Sherett mother and his Sherett mother-in-law is not known.)
*Siblings* No information available
*Spouse and children*
Wife:	UNNAMED (our ancestor), from Scotland (between Montrose and Brechin), who died at the age of 72 or 73, and whose own mother (our ancestor) had been a Sherett and had died in her chair, insane, at the age of 42. (The connection between John's Sherett mother-in-law and his Sherett mother is not known.) No information on wedding date or place
Daughter:	Mary Richie born in Scotland, married UNKNOWN Ross
Daughter:	Jane Richie born in Scotland, married UNKNOWN Hesger, child was Enas Burtt Hesger
Daughter:	Catherine Richie (our ancestor)
Daughter:	Annie Richie
*Other information*
Occupation:	Yeoman farmer
Military record:	Probably impressed into service during Napoleonic conflict, was prisoner of war in France for 10 years
Religion:	No information on religion
*Death of John Richie*
Died:	No information on date
Deathplace:	Scotland
Burial place:	No information available
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Sources on John Richie:

Mary Caroline Findley Edmands, 1887-1970.

Catherine "Kate" Findley, reporting to her niece Mary Caroline Findley Edmands, 1887-1970, about John, his wife, and his mother-in-law, UNKNOWN Sherett, and about John's military career.

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